Building Word Power In Japanese

The key concept of Building Word Power In Japaneseis that you can add a kanji prefix or a kanji suffix to a Japanese word that you already know in order to create a new word. By memorizing a handful of prefixes and suffixes you can quickly build a massive vocabulary.

Here’s a simple example from the back cover: by learning the prefix “cho-”, meaning super, you can immediately use “cho-omoshiroi”(super interesting), “cho-kantan”(super easy) and “cho-baka”(super stupid).